General/Advanced Imaging
Uncertain Benefit for Imaging After Thyroid Cancer Treatment
Researchers at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA) conducted a surveillance epidemiological study of 28,220 patients diagnosed with differentiated thyroid cancer between 1998 and 2011. The study cohort was followed up to 2013, with a median follow-up of 69 months. Following treatment, 56.7% of the patients had at least one ultrasound, 23.9% had a radioiodine scan, and 14.9% had a positron emission tomography (PET) scan to monitor for signs of cancer recurrence. The main outcome measures were treatment for recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer and death. More...03 Aug 2016
More Worldwide Orders for Medical Image Guidance Systems Developer
A company developing medical image guidance systems has received 11 new orders in Q2/2016 for their innovative product that improves the accuracy, and clinical outcomes for brain and spine surgery procedures and implants. More...19 Jul 2016
Study Finds Radiologists Do Not Have a Higher Risk of Radiation-Related Death
In a large-scale study, researchers compared the incidence of cancer, and mortality rates of radiologists and psychiatrists who graduated between 1916 and 2006 from medical school. The studies are intended to help evaluate the effectiveness of radiation protection steps, and the effects of long-term protracted exposure radiation at low levels. More...19 Jul 2016
Cancer Risk Due to CT is Not Fully Appreciated
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada) conducted a survey among 328 medical professionals in Saskatchewan province to assess healthcare providers' knowledge regarding radiation dosing from CT scans. To do so, they queried them regarding the average radiation dose from an abdominal-pelvic CT, which is 10 millisieverts (mSv), compared to 0.02-0.2 mSv from one chest x-ray, which indicates that the radiation dose from an abdominal-pelvic CT scan is between 100-250 times that of a chest radiograph. More...06 Jul 2016
Siemens Debuts Smallest Mobile PET/CT System
Siemens Healthineers (Erlangen, Germany) has introduced a mobile configuration of the Biograph Horizon positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) system, which delivers high-end functionality at an attractive total cost of ownership. More...23 Jun 2016
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MedImaging General Imaging channel provides a portal into the less common imaging technologies such as diffuse optical tomography (NIR), optical coherence tomography, electrical impedance tomography and more.